The Fog of Truth: Close-Up on Documentaries

For SXSW we discuss two of the films playing this year, RAISE HELL: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MOLLY IVINS and PAHOKEE, and B... Read more

For our final episode of Season 7, we invite Patricia Aufderheide, of American University, back on the show (she was Bar... Read more

For this second episode of our current season we try something new with a look back at an important film from the past, ... Read more

In this bonus episode, cohosts Bart and Chris revisit their favorite documentaries of 2019, and then invite, each in tur... Read more

What better time to focus on docs about strong dissenting women effecting positive change in the world? Feels like now i... Read more

Chris and Summre interview four filmmakers from snowy Park City in this special Sundance & Slamdance on location epi... Read more

Release date – 7/24/19 Bonus Episode – “The Great Hack” This bonus episode features a review of the new Netflix document... Read more

Youth culture (and specifically docs dealing with subjects “on wheels”) is the topic this week as we look at UNITED SKAT... Read more

We discuss the four films we will be covering in Park City this year with filmmaker interviews and get hyped for our upc... Read more

Well, it’s that time of year where everyone loves to assemble top ten lists of all sorts. In this Bonus Episode, we each... Read more

This week we look at documentaries about immigration (and specifically about migrant workers) as we review BISBEE ‘17 an... Read more

This episode is dedicated to 2019 AFI DOCS featuring an interview with Festival Director Michael Lumpkin, group discussi... Read more

Politics is the theme this week as we discuss election and political documentaries, review KNOCK DOWN THE HOUSE, and Bar... Read more

As our seventh season enters its final third, Bart and Chris join guest host Sonali Gulati, a filmmaker and faculty memb... Read more

In this bonus episode, Bart interviews Patricia Aufderheide, of American University’s Center for Media & Social Impa... Read more

Audience fascination with films about the ultra-wealthy in a time of great economic disparity is the topic this week as ... Read more

Portrayals of Southern culture in documentary is the topic this week as we look at HILLBILLY and Chris interviews Morris... Read more

This week, we welcome guest host Jennifer Proctor, filmmaker and Associate Professor of Journalism and Screen Studies at... Read more

We are back for a new season, and this time with a series of guest hosts – a new one each episode – to accompany Bart an... Read more

In what is now a tradition for bonus episodes, we look at an online collective of short documentaries, this time with Fi... Read more